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Hong, Joo Young; Turnbull, Ann – International Journal of Special Education, 2013
Beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, the focus on individual quality of life expanded to family quality of life (FQOL) in the field of intellectual disabilities. However, few studies examined FQOL for families who have children with hearing loss. Furthermore, most studies focused on mothers' perceptions of FQOL. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Family Environment, Hearing Impairments, Mothers
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Schreiner, Laurie A. – About Campus, 2010
In the previous two issues of "About Campus," the author has described the national study of college-student thriving that she has conducted with her doctoral students at Azusa Pacific University over the past several years. Their validated and reliable 35-item Thriving Quotient has been administered to over 15,000 college students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals)
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Biswas-Diener, Robert; Diener, Ed – Social Indicators Research, 2006
The current study assessed the subjective well-being of a broad spectrum of homeless people. One-hundred-and-eighty-six homeless people from the streets of Calcutta (India), California, and a tent camp in Portland (Oregon) were interviewed, and responded to measures of subjective well-being. They answered questions about life satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Homeless People, Psychological Patterns